Jacob geib



J. GEIB.

(ModeL) Gate.

Patented June 28,1881.

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JACOB GEIB, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 243,442, dated June 28,1881.

Application filed February 10, 1881.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB GEIB, of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in gates, the object of the samebeing to furnish a gate in which the panels are pivoted at both ends, sothat the front end of the gate has to be raised before the act ofswinging is commenced; and it consists in improved means for elevatingand balancing the gate, as will be more fully described, and pointed outin the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view, showing the gate in a closedposition. Fig. 2 is a view showing the gate partly opened, and Fig. 3 isa view of the counterbalance-weight and lever. I

The gate A is composed of the end pieces, B B, and panels D. Thesepanels are loosely pivoted in mortises formed in the end pieces, B B,and have center pieces, 0, pivotally secured thereto on each side, theend and center pieces being so arranged as to stand in a verticalposition irrespective of the angle of the panels. The bottom panel ofthe gate projects beyond the end piece, B, and fits into a recess, a,near the bottom of the post E, thereby preventing the gate from beingopened until the free end thereof is'first raised, thereby lifting theprojecting end of the panel D out of the recess a in the post E. Thegate is pivotally hung to the post E by hinges, which are receivedrespectively on the upper and lower ends of rod F. The lower end, I), ofthis rod is bent at right angles therewith, and secured to the post inany suitable manner, while the upper and free end thereof is passedthrough a perforation, c, in the projecting arm of a brace, G, securednear the upper end of post E.

The hinges aforesaid are made of metallic straps,bent to form a neck,e,having enlarged ends g, and through which rod F passes. The two endsof the strap which meet at the inner end of the necks of the hinges arebent outwardly therefrom and at right angles thereto, and further madeto conform to the shape which the end piece, B, of the gate may assume.The two portions of the strap, which are bent on each other to form theneck, are held in apposition by rivets d, which pass through them.

H are the lifting-rods, arranged one on each side of the panels of thegate in a diagonal direction, and pivoted to the bottom panel only, theupper ends being attached to the weighted lever G, which consists of twoparts hinged in such a manner as to allow the gate to swing outward,while the rear or weighted end remains unaffected. The weighted end J ofthe lever is received in the upper part of the post E, which is extendedupward for this purpose, and secured therein by the pivot-pin i. To theend of this lever the weight k is applied, which is attached thereto inany desired manner. The front end of this lever J is provided withan=enlarged head, I, laterally slotted to receive the inner end of theconnecting-lever, which is pivotally secured therein by a pin, m,passing vertically through the upper and lower faces of the head of theweighted lever and through the inner end of the connecting-leverinterposed between them. This pivotal adjustment between the weightedlever and the connecting-link, between it and the diagonal lifting-rods,permits the gate to be swung to and fro without changing the position ofthe weighted lever J, which remains always in the same vertical plane.The inner arm of the connecting-link is provided with numerousperforations, which offer several pivotal adjustments between the saidlink and lifting-posts, arranged according to the details of convenienceand construction of the gate. That end of the connecting-link which isreceived within the enlarged head of the weighted lever is preferablydisk-shaped, as shown in the drawings, as such construction forms abroader bearingtherefor, and is better adapted to resist all strains towhich the link is necessarily subjected.

It will be observed that the weighted. lever is pivoted to the post at apoint of its length in such close proximity to its enlarged head thatthe inner faces thereof impinge against the inner face of the post E.This construction will modify and limit the vertical movement of theweighted lever and prevent its inner end from being elevated unduly,whereby the gate would be unnecessarily strained, and also from beingdepressed in the open adj ustment of the gate to such an extent that thefree end thereof would interfere with the grou nd and drag.

The gate is provided with a locking-bolt, L, which is placed between thepanels, and adapted to slide through a slot formed in the end piece, 13,the outer end thereof being received in the projecting portion of thepost E,which is recessed. This recess is provided with inclined sidesand bottom, which serve, when the gate is descending to a closedposition, to throw the locking-bar backward, where it is retained untilthe gate has settled down, when the locking-bar can be shot into therecess by means of the hand-lever M, which is connected thereto at itslower end and pivoted to one of the panels, as shown. This lever worksin guideway N, secured to the top panel, which limits its forwardmovement, thereby preventing the locking-bar from being withdrawn fromthe end piece, B. The end posts may be secured in the ground; but Iprefer to have them secured to the sill n, as shown in the drawings.

From the foregoing it will be seen that slight lifting force exerted onthe free end of the gate will serve to elevate the projecting end ofpanelD above the recess in the post, thereby allowingthe gate to beswung outward, while the weighted end retains it in an elevated positionor the free end can be raised above the sill and retained in thatposition, thereby allowing poultry to pass underneath, while iteffectually bars the passage of larger animals.

It is evident that slight changes in the construction might be resortedto without departing from the spirit of my invention, and hence I wouldhave it understood that I do not limit myself to the exact constructionshown and described, but consider myself at liberty to make such slightchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a gate provided with pivoted lifting-rods, of aweighted lever pivoted to a post and adapted to have a verticalmovement, and a connecting-link pivoted to the weighted lever by a pivotlocated at right angles to the pivot upon which said lever is supported,the free end of said connectinglink being pivoted to the upper ends ofthe lifting-rods, substantially as set forth.

2. In a gate, the combination, with diagonal lifting-rods -and aweighted lever the inner end of which is provided withalaterally-slotted enlarged head, of a connecting-link having its innerend adapted to be received within the said slot of the enlarged head ofthe weighted lever and to be pivotally secured therein, substantially asset forth.

3. In a gate, the combination,with diagonal lifting-rods and a weightedlever, of a connecting-link having its inner end pivoted to the weightedlever in such manner as to partake of its vertical movement and to havea lateral movement independent thereof, and having its outer end adaptedto enter into several different pivotal adj nstments with thediagonalposts, substantially as set forth.

4. In a gate, the combination, with a gatepost, of a weighted leverpivotally secured at its upper end, the inner end of said lever beingprovided with an enlarged head, which impin ges against the inner faceof the gate-post and limits the vertical movement of the lever,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal this 4th day of February, 1881.

JACOB GEIB. [L. s.] Witnesses:

P. H. REINHARD, FRANK S. BECKER.

